How SMBs Can Save Money Using SaaSToday’s economic crisis makes it imperative that organizations of all sizes find new ways to perform their operations in a more cost-effective fashion. SMBs have always been at a disadvantage when it comes to leveraging the latest technology innovations. This is because most new, and even many mainstream, hardware systems and software solutions come with a steep price tag, and require sophisticated technical skills to fully deploy and utilize them. As a consequence, most SMBs haven’t been able to adopt powerful business applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM) or enterprise resource planning (ERP), to manage their operations. |
Eliminating upfront perpetual license fees may also reduce an SMB’s financing requirements. SaaS also eliminates the need to over-provision software licenses in anticipation of future growth. This frees up precious capital for other purposes. Because the SaaS vendor is responsible for operating the infrastructure that supports the application, SMBs no longer have to pay for the servers, ancillary software, third-party consultants or in-house support staff to keep it up and running. SMBs can also save money on real estate and utility costs by eliminating needless floor space and cooling systems which were once necessary to house the servers which supported their applications. Some SMBs may also choose to reduce their staffing costs, while many others will be happy to redirect their limited staff to more important strategic initiatives rather than have them spend the majority of their time on operational issues that are now the responsibility of the SaaS vendor. While all of these cost-savings are attractive in today’s tough economic climate, they are of little value if the SaaS solution isn’t meeting a SMB’s business needs. One of the myths about SaaS solutions is that they are skinnied down versions of traditional, on-premise, enterprise applications. The truth is that many of today’s SaaS solutions offer comparable functional capabilities without the deployment and management hassles, or upfront and ongoing costs. While large enterprises can make the claim that SaaS solutions are not able to be customized to meet their complicated workflow requirements, SMBs don’t require a lot of customization to satisfy their relatively straightforward business requirements. Therefore, many of today’s SaaS solutions are well-suited to meet the SMBs’ needs with only limited reconfiguration. Not only are today’s SaaS solutions comparable to many traditional enterprise applications, the web-based architecture of SaaS solutions gives them a fundamental advantage over on-premise applications. SaaS solutions are easier for a dispersed workforce to access than on-premise applications hidden behind the firewall. This anywhere/anytime accessibility can permit SMBs to further reduce their office costs by encouraging their workers to do their jobs from home or the road. If you or your business is interested in learning more about how SaaS assist your business, then call GPK on 1300 854 223 |
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